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CRAFT FABRICS WITH CHORUS COLOURS: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/acappellasoundschorusDo you want to show off your sewing talent and chorus pride? Let your creativity flow with these wonderful fabrics with our chorus colours. Choose from twill, faille, performance knit, faux-suede, plush, and many others! International shipping rates are very reasonable since letter mail can be used for most orders.

Young Women in Harmony: www.ywih1.orgWeb address for any young women 25 years of age or younger in your choruses or family and friends of chorus members.

Barbershop Harmony Society: www.barbershop.orgMen of all ages, from all walks of life, who love to sing... Fans and friends who thrill to the sound of harmony... The Barbershop Harmony Society extends throughout the world

BarbershopWomen.com: www.barbershopwomen.comA free and exciting resource for women in the barbershop hobby to promote their websites, gather information, announce their shows and share news about themselves or their group with others.

Barbershop Tags: www.barbershoptags.comVast collection of Barbershop (and SAI and other a cappella) tags, including sheet music, learning tracks and videos. Anyone can upload a tag or a video

HARMONET CENTRAL - Barbershop Harmony Online: www.harmonize.com/bbshopThis site is an attempt to consolidate a good bit of information relating to Barbershop into one location. Check it out!

4-Cast Barbershop Harmony Podcasts: 4-cast.tv/podcasts.htmIf you love Barbershop e-mail list and groups, and want more than just typed words, you owe it to yourself to listen to …"4 Cast, the only podcast dedicated strictly to Barbershop Harmony." Take a lighthearted fun approach to Barbershop Music (and all things Barbershop) with Alan LeVezu and Eric Brickson. Listen as these two long time Barbershopers share their humble opinions and stories with each other and their guests.

Barbershop Arrangements

Joni Bescos: BBeckBass@aol.comJoni’s arrangements of barbershop music are prized throughout the world. She literally “wrote the book” on arranging, with publication in 1970 of How to Arrange Barbershop Harmony.

Nancy B Music 4-PART HARMONY ARRANGEMENTS…barbershop style: www.nancybmusic.comNancy is one of the pioneers of the women’s barbershop harmony singing organization, Sweet Adelines International and in November, 2002, they honored her with their coveted “Lifetime Achievement Award”. She has also been designated a Master Arranger—the highest level in the organization’s arranging program.

Larry Wright: www.larrywrightmusic.comFind an arrangement from one of barbershop's most experienced performer/arrangers, Mr Larry Wright. Sheet music can also come complete with all parts on professional-quality learning tapes and CDs. His new website makes the search easier.

Mainely A Cappella: www.a-cappella.comExcellent source for purchasing CDs, tapes, videos and sheet music of ALL forms of vocal music. More than 20,000 sound files to sample!

Primarily A Cappella: www.singers.comAnother great source for ordering CDs, sheet music and videos of all forms of vocal music. In addition to listing information on the various groups and singers you can hear sample tracks from many of the hundreds of vocal harmony records available.

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The Acappella Sounds Chorus data retention policy is to review all data held on individuals at least every two years and remove data where we no longer have a legitimate reason to keep it.

Where you have withdrawn your consent for us to use your data for a particular purpose (e.g. unsubscribed from a mailing list) we may retain some of your data for up to two years in order to preserve a record of your consent having been withdrawn.

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Though unlikely to apply to the data we hold and process on you, you also have rights related to portability and automated decision making (including profiling)

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If we make changes to our privacy statements or processes we will post the changes here. Where the changes are significant, we may also choose to email individuals affected with the new details. Where required by law, will we ask for your consent to continue processing your data after these changes are made.

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